Our endorsements for August primary
Voters in Birmingham, Bloomfield Township and Bloomfield Hills will be determining the fate of primary candidates in the Tuesday, August...
Jun 27, 2022
Where is the guidance on outdoor dining?
After nearly a year of studying and analyzing outdoor dining standards, it was startling that when it came time for a public hearing, the...
Jun 1, 2022
Wise move to ban burning of yard waste
We were very pleased to hear that the Bloomfield Hills City Commission recently approved a policy to prohibit the outside burning of...
Jun 1, 2022
Time to resolve regional water debt issue
The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) is an independent regional water and wastewater authority, providing drinking water and sewer...
Apr 27, 2022
Full transparency at private, public schools
It's a shocking and disturbing revelation – but sadly, one that across the country has become more and more common. On Tuesday, April 12,...
Apr 27, 2022
Righting the school district financial ship
The collective community has been rightly shocked by the news released by the Birmingham Superintendent Dr. Embekka Roberson on March 1...
Mar 29, 2022
Achieving right mix in the city's downtown
Here is what we hear on the street about downtown Birmingham: There are too many jewelry stores in downtown Birmingham. Now, there are...
Mar 29, 2022
Cooperation key to funding district court
Our local communities engage in multiple examples of mutual aid and revenue sharing, which helps all of them – it allows large and small...
Feb 22, 2022
County, locals must lead on environment
A few months ago, Downtown Newsmagazine published a one-on-one interview with Erin Quetell, Oakland County's new environmental...
Feb 22, 2022
Tax proposal raises some serious issues
Two longtime southeastern Michigan cultural museums have announced plans to reach out to Oakland and Wayne county residents for...
Jan 25, 2022
